"The dropping of the Atomic Bomb is a……" — Frederick Soddy
"The dropping of the Atomic Bomb is a very deep problem... Instead of commemorating Hiroshima we should celebrate... man's triumph over the problem [of transmutation], and not its first misuse by politicians and military authorities."
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Frederick Soddy
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34 Quotes by Frederick Soddy
Frederick Soddy has 34 quotes on this site.
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There has been no discovery like it in the history of man. It puts into man's hands the key to…
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The pure air and dazzling snow belong to things beyond the reach of all personal feeling, almost beyond the reach…
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The real value of science is in the getting, and those who have tasted the pleasure of discovery alone know…
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[This] may prove to be the beginning of some embracing generalization, which will throw light, not only on radioactive processes,…
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In so far as such developments utilise the natural energy running to waste, as in water power, they may be…
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Physical science enjoys the distinction of being the most fundamental of the experimental sciences, and its laws are obeyed universally,…
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But what sin is to the moralist and crime to the jurist so to the scientific man is ignorance.
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The fact remains that, if the supply of energy failed, modern civilization would come to an end as abruptly as…
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For a modern ruler the laws of conservation and transformation of energy, when the vivifing stream takes its source, the…
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Mankind has always drawn from outside sources of energy. This island was the first to harness coal and steam. But…
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The energy available for each individual man is his income, and the philosophy which can teach him to be content…
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The history of man is dominated by, and reflects, the amount of available energy
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Direction coupling between the various radiations generated in a nuclear reaction both with one another and with the initiating radiation…
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The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts.
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At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said rather quietly, 'You know, we're…
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The Atomic Age is here to stay - but are we?
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World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism.
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It is arguable whether the human race have been gainers by the march of science beyond the steam engine. Electricity…
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One must expect a war between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. which will begin with the total destruction of London. I think…
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This weapon the atomic bomb has added an additional responsibility-or, better, an additional incentive-to find a sound basis for lasting…
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I've been telling you for years that if they don't get their way, if all of this stuff that's happened…
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